Commentary
Commentary
Is air filtration the best public health intervention against respiratory viruses?
The idea is that those ions stick to the virus particles ... and that tends to cause them to clump together and settle on surfaces more rapidly,...
Opinion
Life in the woods
There were no commutes or late patients here. But there was work to be done.
Child Psychiatry Consult
Mental health characteristics of refugee children
Refugees are at greater risks for PTSD and affective and psychotic disorders, presumably due to increased traumatic life events before, during,...
Commentary
Upper respiratory infections: Viral testing in primary care
Test results will help guide not only treatment decisions but also infection control measures.
Commentary
Employed physicians: A survival guide
Physicians must also change how they think about control; train and learn alongside other health care workers who share similar interests; and...
Commentary
Why legal pot makes this physician sick
Cannabis-related emergency department visits from all acute-care hospitals in California increased by 1,808% from 2005 to 2019 in patients aged 65...
Managing Your Practice
Artificial intelligence in the office: Part 2
A multitude of generative AI products with potential medical applications are now available, with new ones appearing almost weekly.
Commentary
AI in medicine has a major Cassandra problem
A prediction is useless if it is wrong, for sure. But it’s also useless if you don’t tell anyone about it.
Commentary
Atopic dermatitis: Five things to know
The incidence of AD has increased over the past several decades, and environmental factors such as climate change have been implicated as a...
Commentary
RVUs: A fair measure of your productivity?
You want to have a sense of the pros and cons of working in an RVU system and how this relates to your specialty, your practice, and your schedule...
Commentary
Every click you make, the EHR is watching you
Could the actions we take in the EHR reveal the unconscious biases we have?